Medicare might be overpaying surgeons because of built-in reimbursements for postoperative care, according to an analysis by RAND Corp., a nonprofit research organization. Andrew Mulcahy, a senior ...

A new study published in JAMA Health Forum found that bundled payment programs for outpatient spine surgery significantly reduced healthcare costs and lowered readmission rates among Medicare ...

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act health reform legislation created several new types of provider arrangements that many hospitals and physician groups are evaluating. These ...

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has just announced the Bundled Payments for Care Improvement Initiative. On August 23, 2011, CMS invited providers to apply to help test and develop four ...

New bundled payment models will shift power from hospitals to physicians, according to the Altarum Institute's vice-president and director of the Center for Payment Innovation. This week, the Centers ...

Bundled payments have been an experiment in the United States for roughly a quarter century, and the landscape surrounding bundled payments has changed dramatically since then. Essentially, bundled ...

Hospitals that take care of complex patients could take a financial hit under Medicare's new mandatory bundled payment approach for certain types of care, according to a new study by University of ...

As the U.S. healthcare system continues its shift away from fee-for-service (FFS) toward value-based care (VBC), the prevalence of advanced alternative payment models is increasing. Bundled payments ...

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CMS has finalized a 2.6% payment increase for inpatient services, boosted DSH payments, established new interoperability rules for prior authorization, and confirmed the launch of a controversial ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed a new payment model for radiation oncology. The proposed radiation oncology (RO) model would establish a 90-day episode of care for 17 ...

As the U.S. shifts from fee-for-service to value-based payment for health care, it is becoming increasingly important for providers to learn how to succeed with bundled payments. Bundled payments make ...